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NRT-ICN

So for those unaware, Etihad has a pretty random selection of partners, and Asiana is one of them. For 12k Etihad miles I booked NRT-ICN. Oddly United.com was showing saver availability for this route as well as the HND-GMP Asiana route as well, but the Etihad rep said they couldn’t see it. Oh well.

I slept through much of the flight only waking up to eat. The hot meal in Y was some kind of chicken and noodles. It wasn’t bad tasting, so I figure that’s a win for a 2 hr flight. Though oddly (to me) the beverage service was limited to coffee, tea, juice, and water.



After landing at ICN, the fellow Korea DOers and I took the Airport Express all stop train, since to get to the Conrad you need to change lines before Seoul Station which is where the AREX train ends. The nonstop AREX train which has a higher fare runs straight from ICN to Seoul Station. The all stop fare was about 4000 won.

My very Korean T-Money card



Though I wonder about all these gas mask stations in the Seoul Metro. Do they really think these are enough for whatever they’re worried about?



Conrad Seoul









Sunday

Arriving shortly after 5, I got checked in as quickly as humanly possible and headed for the lounge, which is the perpetual default meeting place for FTers during DOs.

After a few quick drinks before leaving for dinner, we took the subway to dinner at a Korean BBQ restaurant. Much deliciousness was consumed. And by that I mean meat.





The aftermath…



After dinner a few of us struck out for beer at Magpie Brewing, a local microbrewery. Following that, an even more whittled down group of 5 of us got absolutely hammered drinking soju. Whoops…